How long has Big Oil denied their role in climate change? Featuring The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change Join climate investigative journalist and award winning author Geoff Dembicki live from Brooklyn for a conversation on his latest work, which draws...
Interested in learning more about sustainability? Our events listing and featured events provides plenty of opportunities to get involved in sustainability, both on-and-off campus. If you are looking to highlight your sustainability event on campus, please visit UBC Events and tag your submission "sustainability" related.
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.
Climate Justice is a business responsibility
Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste
Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions
Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
Climate Emergency Week
Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet.
UBC Reads Sustainability
Part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability is a forum for students across disciplines to discuss sustainability issues.
SDG Month Canada
SDG Month Canada is a national collaboration featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
Climate Justice Series
In response to the focus on climate justice as part of UBC’s Declaration of a Climate Emergency and recommendations from its Climate Emergency Task Force (CETF) Report the UBC Sustainability Initiative launched the Climate Justice Series, featuring sessions that examine climate justice from various perspectives, locally and globally.
Events by Date
Past Events
When:
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:30
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Virtual
The First Annual Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy seeks to inform and inspire interested people around the world about the role of law in securing environmental rights and justice. This innovative program mobilizes the power of stories to bring issues of environmental rights and...
When:
Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 07:00 to 14:45
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
The First Annual Green Rights & Warrior Lawyers Virtual Academy seeks to inform and inspire interested people around the world about the role of law in securing environmental rights and justice. This innovative program mobilizes the power of stories to bring issues of environmental rights and...
When:
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 09:00 to 18:45
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Erin Rechisky Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Hybrid: In-person/Zoom
When:
Friday, November 4, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:00
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HART (Housing Assessment Resource Tools) is an innovative project that is redefining how we measure and address housing need in Canada. The team, co-led by Professor Alexandra Flynn, is building a set of tools to drastically change how we measure housing need across Canada, and how governments at...
When:
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 - 12:30 to 13:50
Location:
Allard Hall
Hybrid: In-person/Zoom El Pueblo es El Mar – The people are the sea. An initiative of the SOS project, Somos OceanoS 2030 Speaker: Veronica Relano IOF PhD graduate During this seminar, Veronica Relano will present her documentary “El Pueblo es El Mar – The people are the Sea”, which is...
When:
Friday, October 28, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:00
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Global Seminars Info Session – Summer 2023 Forestry Field Schools in Chile, Ecuador and Europe
Interested in studying Forestry in Chile, Ecuador, or Europe? Join this info session to learn more about our 3 Forestry Field School Global Seminars! Eligible students will receive 50-100% of their program fees covered to study forests and sustainable livelihoods in Chile, Ecuador or in Europe...
When:
Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Forest Sciences Centre
Interested in learning how to strengthen your community’s resilience to protect against climate emergency events like extreme snow or an ice storm? At this workshop, the Dunbar Residents’ Association, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House and the Westside Seniors Hub invite all community organizations and...
When:
Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 10:00 to 14:00
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Decades of bitumen extraction has created trillions of litres of toxic tailings stored in tailings ponds in northern Alberta. Canada has proposed to deal with this growing crisis by allowing the release of treated, but still toxic, tailings into the Arctic’s largest watershed. Indigenous water...
When:
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 - 10:00 to 11:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
Insights for building an Indigenous-led fire stewardship program and building community evaluation measures. The work draws from the Yunesit’in Quen program in central British Columbia.
When:
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 - 10:00 to 11:30
Location:
Online/Virtual Event